Improvement in toy money-boxes



I. HALL.

TOY MONEY-BOX. No. 172,016. Paten,t ed. Ian.11,1B76.'

METERS, PNOTO-UTHOGRAFNER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HALL, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY MONEY-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,016, dated January11, 1876; application filed April 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HALL, of Watertown,in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toy Money-Boxes; and I do herebydeclare the same to be fully described in the following specificationand represented in the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to construct a toy money-box, in such amanner that the different parts or sections of which the box is composedmay be put together, and be held firmly in place without the use of abolt or screw heretofore used for the purpose. Thus a very importantsaving in the cost of manufacturing is effected, not onlyin the cost ofa bolt or screw, but also in the time required'to drill and tap for thesame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the box;Fig. 2, a plan of the bottom; Fig. 3, an inside view of one of thesides, and Fig. at shows the mode of elevating the front above thesides.

The bottom is constructed with openings through it, as shown at e e, atsuitable distances from the edge, arranged with respect.

to and to receive the .lugs 01 d, hereinafter named. Fig. 3 represents aside of the box, having three lugs or claspsone, 0, extending from thetop, and two, d d, from the bottom. Each lug is formed with a shoulderon the outer side, which is forced over the edge of the top or bottomwhen the sides are pressed outward. A channel is formed to receive thefront and back of said box by flanged edges to n extending at rightangles inward, and by projecting studs 8 8. Both sides are constructedin the same manner. The top I) has two corresponding openings through itto receive the lugs c 0.

Suppose, now, we have before us the various parts of which the box iscomposed, and

desire to put them together. The bottom being in the position asrepresented in Fig. 2, place the side G, Fig. 3, in an upright positionon the bottom, with the lugs 01 '61 through theright-hand openings 00.The other side is placed in a like position in the opposite side. Thishaving been done, the back and front may be slid downward in thechannels to their proper places, pressing the sides outward, andclasping them, by means of the lugs d d, to the bottom B. The top orcover is adjusted by pressing the sides inward, so as to admit theclasps c c in the openings made through the cover to receive them. Whenthe clasps are thus arranged the elasticity of the metal will admit ofthe cover being forced downward to its place, when the clasps c a willbecome locked to the cover, thus uniting the whole box firmly together.

When it is desirable to elevate the front above the sides a projectingstud, m, serves for a bearing to keep the front in place.

It is obvious that the parts having the lugs or clasps may be made torepresent the front and back of said box; or one clasp at the bottom mayserve the purpose, and operate in substantially the same manner.

The designshown in this application is the subject of a pendingapplication for a design patent.

I do not claim the channel formed by the flanged edges n n and raisedstuds 8 s, as described, for that is not new.

What I do claim is A toy money-box consisting of the bottom, sides,andtop, secured together by means of the lugs or clasps c 0' and dd, thewhole combined and arranged to operate substantially as shown anddescribed.

JOHN HALL. Witnesses:

ALEXANDER GREGG, GEORGE E. KIDDER.

